There have been constant debate between experts as some experts believe digital life will continue to expand people’s boundaries and opportunities in the coming decade and that the future world will generate more benefits and advantages than harm and disadvantages in people’s lives. While some experts suggest that digital life will be mostly harmful to people’s health, mental fitness and happiness.
Various inventions and development in technology have helped people get access to knowledge, education and entertainment anywhere globally at any time in an inexpensive, and smooth manner.Technology have helped in evolution of busines, consumer and personal logistics, hence opening a lot of opportunities to young generation. Technology have become essential in developing world of health and bio-industry. It have also empowered people to advance and improve their standard of living, allowing them to socialize and meet new people. Increasing development in technology will continue to expand the quality and focus of digital life.
As technological progress have helped people to make life easy, it is also becoming challenging. The cognitive capabilities will be challenged in numerous ways, which includes the capacity for analytical thinking, memory,focus, creativity, reflection and mental resilience. The cognitive capabilities will face more harm than help. There will be reduction in personal interactions and emotions such as fear, indignation and outrage will be further weaponized online. The pace of digital and technological change have invited threats to human interaction, security, privacy and more .
Research have found that technology had negative impact on the attention span of children. When a child is exposed to technology at higher rate, his brain have tendency to adopt an internet approach to thinking when would be valuable. Using mobile phones as distraction for kids may have negative effect on the kids opportunity to learn how to self-soothe and regulate in moments. Use of excessive technology have stagnate the physical activity of children and have also affected emotional development.
Many of the times as there is lack of control over what your young one consumes on internet may lead to he or she being exposed to wrong things. For eg:- Exposure to violence via internet make children and teens more likely to argue with their gaurdians.
When used in moderation technology can be proved as a boon rather than a curse. When pursued with balance it can help in development of young generation.
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